ALLA NAZIMOVA WILL BE 137 YEARS OLD ON MAY 22ND

TO HONOR  MADAME NAZIMOVA ANTEBELLUM WILL HOST A BIRTHDAY TEA SALON 

PRESENTS

ALLA NAZIMOVA'S 137TH BIRTHDAY TEA SALON

MAY 22ND

4PM TILL 7PM

TEA &  CAKE WILL BE SERVED

$5 COVER

~on display and for sale~ 

3 rare original photos of alla nazimova by 

FLORENCE VANDAMM

Alla Nazimova  was born O.S. May 22, (or June 3. depending on the calendar) 1879.

 Between the years of 1917 and 1922 Nazimova wielded considerable influence and power in Hollywood.

Nazimova helped start the careers of both of Rudolph Valentino's wives, Jean Acker and Natacha Rambova.  she was involved in an affair with Acker, and there were rumors that Nazimova and Rambova were involved in a lesbian affair.

Of those Nazimova is confirmed to have been involved with romantically, the list includes actress 's  

Anna May wong,  Eva Le Gallienne, director Dorothy Arzner, writer Mercedes de Acosta, and Oscar Wilde's niece, Dolly Wilde. Bridget Bate Tichenor, a Magic Realist artist and Surrealist painter, was also rumored to be one of Nazimova's favored lovers  during the years of 1940 to 1942.

The two had been introduced by the poet and art collector Edward James, and according to Tichenor, their intimate relationship angered Nazimova's longtime companion, Glesca Marshall. 

It is believed that Nazimova coined the phrase "sewing circle" as code to refer to lesbian or bisexual actresses of her day who concealed their true sexuality.

Nazimova lived with Glesca Marshall from 1929 until her death in 1945.

her home eventually became the notorious hotel- THE GARDEN OF ALLA, (1927- 1959)